The IS tanks (Russian: ИС) were a series of heavy tanks developed as a successor to the KV-series by the Soviet Union during World War II. The IS acronym is the anglicized initialism of Joseph Stalin (Ио́сиф Ста́лин, Iosif Stalin). The heavy tanks were designed as a response to the capture of a German Tiger I in 1943. [6]

The IS-2 (Russian: ИС-2, sometimes romanized as JS-2[note 1]) is a Soviet heavy tank, the second of the IS tank series named after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. It was developed and saw combat during World War II and saw service in other Soviet allied countries after the war.

The IS-3 (also known as Object 703) is a Soviet heavy tank developed in late 1944. Its semi-hemispherical cast turret (resembling that of an upturned soup bowl) became the hallmark of post-war Soviet tanks. Its pike nose design would also be mirrored by other tanks of the IS tank family such as the IS-7 and T-10.

2014年6月30日 · As the escalation between German and Russian engineers reached a new point with the introduction on the German side of the Panther and Tiger, and the knowledge that something bigger was brewing, the IS-2 was pressed into introduction as soon as its main armament was ready.

2014年6月30日 · The IS-3 was a Cold War tank, of the same generation as the British Centurion and American Pershing. All three were conceived to fight the latest German tanks, but ended on opposite fronts and had a long Cold War career.

2024年5月13日 · The IS-2 tank helped the Soviet Union defeat German enemies in World War II and was important in establishing its place as one of the world's superpowers after.

2021年9月13日 · heaviest (68t) tank in the Soviet Heavy Tank series. The main armament was a 130mm gun and the engine was a 1050hp marine engine. The road wheels and tracks were applied from the IS-6.

2016年11月16日 · The IS tank family was named after Joseph Stalin during WWII. So called because of its massive size, heavy armor, and high-calibre gun it was designed to represent the power of the Soviet Union and its supreme leader.

2019年8月26日 · Allotted to small, independent units similar to the German Tiger companies, the 46-ton IS-2 proved intrinsically superior to the Panther medium tank and able to hold its own against the Tiger I and II heavies in gun duels up to 3,000 feet.

IS-1 / IS-85 Heavy Tank (Object 237) The IS 1 tank and the IS 2 tank are the first in a series of heavy IS tanks. They were developed during the Great Patriotic War and began to be produced in...